A control apparatus includes a tilt driving unit configured to tilt at least one of an image sensor and an imaging optical system relative to a plane orthogonal to an optical axis, a focus driving unit configured to perform focus driving by moving a focus lens that constitutes at least part of the imaging optical system in an optical axis direction, and a controlling unit configured to control the focus driving unit and the tilt driving unit so as to adjust a focal plane to a predetermined surface. The controlling unit moves the focal plane in a vertical direction to the focal plane while maintaining the focal plane substantially parallel to the predetermined plane.
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4. The control apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the focusing speed determining unit and the tilting speed determining unit calculate the focusing speed coefficient and the tilting speed coefficient based on at least one of a height and a depression angle of an image pickup apparatus, an object distance, and a focal length.
5. The control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controlling unit changes the shift amount based on an input value input by a user.
6. The control apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the controlling unit changes the shift amount based on a changing operation of the shift amount by a user.
8. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controlling unit controls the second plane so that a slope of the second plane relative to a plane parallel to the first plane is within a permissible range.
9. The control apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the controlling unit determines the permissible range according to a depth calculated based on at least one of an object distance, a focal length, and an F-number.
12. The control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the controlling unit changes the position of the focal plane by the predetermined amount until a shift amount reaches a distance between the first plane and the second plane.
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